Besides the welfare schemes, India needs deft management of inflation and unemployment to serve the poor and the underprivileged sections of the society. Discuss.
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Op-ed: Is the right to work fading under the new rural jobs law? · 1 September 2026 · Covers one part · use it in the example
Use the rural jobs law to show that the design of employment guarantees, not just their existence, decides how well they cushion the poor against unemployment.
- The new Act raises the promise to 125 days a year, with a central allocation of ₹95,692.31 crore for 2026-27.
- Critics say normative allocations, 60:40 cost sharing and a 60-day seasonal pause may ration work; reported person-days fell to 20.21 crore in July-August 2026 from 29.77 crore.
Unemployment steady at 5% in August 2026 as rural rate falls to 4.1%, says PLFS · 16 September 2026 · Covers one part · use it in the introduction
The August 2026 PLFS gives the latest unemployment numbers to open the answer and shows that headline rates hide job quality concerns relevant to the poor.
- PLFS August 2026 (released 15 September 2026): unemployment for persons 15+ was 5.0% on Current Weekly Status, with rural at 4.1% and urban at 6.8%.
- Worker Population Ratio rose to 52.8%, highest since March 2026, and female LFPR rose to 34.8% from 33.7% a year earlier.
- Caution: CWS counts even a little work in a week as employment, so a low unemployment rate says little about wages or job quality.
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